This chapter provides an archive of courses offered by UBC. For current course sections and schedules, please visit the online Course Schedule (http://www.students.ubc.ca/courses).

Faculty of Land and Food Systems

SOIL: Soil Science

SOIL 500 (3) Graduate Seminar

This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

SOIL 501 (3) Advanced Soil Processes

Integration of soil physics, chemistry, and biology in understanding essential soil processes. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.Equivalency: LWS 501.

SOIL 502 (3) Advanced Sustainable Soil Management

This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

SOIL 503 (3) Advanced Soil Sampling, Analyses and Data Interpretation

Field and laboratory analytical techniques in the chemical, biological and physical assessment of soils. Credit will be granted for only one of SOIL 503 or APBI 403. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

SOIL 510 (3) Land and Water Seminar

This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

SOIL 512 (3/6) c Advanced Soil Biology

Current research in root-soil interfaces. Offered in alternate years. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.Prerequisite: SOIL 321. Permission of the instructor is also acceptable.

SOIL 513 (3/6) c Advanced Soil Physics

Infiltration and evaporation of water, flow and storage of heat and chemicals in soil, and interactions with the atmosphere. Emphasis on mathematical formulation of problems and solutions using analytical and numerical methods. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.Prerequisite: All of SOIL 313, SOIL 314.

SOIL 514 (3/6) c Biometeorology

Energy and mass exchange in the biosphere with emphasis on the interfaces between the atmosphere and soils, plants and animals. Offered in alternate years. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

SOIL 515 (3) Watershed Science

Watershed evaluation, key aspects of hydrology, water quality, land use impacts on water resources and integration of multiple land use activities and their cumulative impacts. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.Equivalency: LWS 515.

SOIL 516 (3) Urban Watershed Management

Urban land use impacts on water resources with a focus on impervious surfaces, rainwater management, non-point sources of pollution, cumulative effects, water quality, rehabilitation of urban streams, and application of best management practices. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

SOIL 517 (3) Land and Water Resource Evaluation

Topics in land and water system evaluations and assessing resource development options; monitoring and modelling environmental systems. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.Equivalency: LWS 517..

SOIL 518 (3) Water in International Development

Key water issues associated with international development: global water demand, scarcity, efficiency of use, water as a commodity, biophysical and policy aspects of water management, water and health, land use impact, water harvesting, improved irrigation, and pollution prevention. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

SOIL 520 (3) Agricultural Watershed Management

Intensive and extensive agriculture with a focus on water needs, water use, and impacts on water resources. Non-point sources of pollution, nutrient modeling, soil and land degradation, protection, and rehabilitation of watersheds including buffer zones, wetlands, and best management practices. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

SOIL 524 (2) Instrumentation for Biometeorology

The theory, design and evaluation of instrumentation for biometeorological research. Consent of instructor. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor is required.

SOIL 530 (2-6) c Directed Studies

This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

SOIL 548 (6) Major Project

Professional paper on topics focusing on emerging issues in water and land resources. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.